On 1/3/07, Paul Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Finally, there is the knotty problem of PR. We are very proud to now be an Apache project and it would be great to let everyone know. The guide hasn't any advice on this.
Talking out of my arse.... * Grass roots mentioning in blogs. * Sending to announce lists ([EMAIL PROTECTED] for example.. or is it announcements. One of the two). This will have a knock on effect with blogs (cafeaulait for example). * Getting it on the ASF front page news. * Timing a release to happen just after the graduation is complete is probably the best - saying "hey look we're a TLP" seems a bit weak news wise, especially if it's before the bits are moved to TLP. If you're saying "Our first release since graduating to become a full Apache project", then it seems like bigger news and the call to action is clear - come get the new release. Maybe that's my problem with the graduation bit, the call to action is "come join in!", which seems much less compelling than "come use the new software". * Articles etc. I wouldn't be surprised if online/offline magazines are much more interested in an article once an Incubator podling becomes a TLP. One unique article (I suspect) would be a "Life in the Apache Incubator"; a viewpoint from a podling not the project itself. Might only be of value to the feather blog - plus * Podcasting with Rich and David. Again - best time for this would be just after the graduation is complete and maybe a release has been made. The graudation is a period of change, so you don't want to be sucking lots of people in right then - rather you want to get the bits taken care of and then suck people in. * ApacheCon talk. Introducing your newly graduated project seems like a very good talk at ApacheCon if it's not been talked about before. A lot of them have though, so this may be a null-op. Java User Group talks etc. * Have a whip-round for some advertising money. Either print a one page spread in the New York Times or send the BileBlog a cheque and a request to be biled. :) Hen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
